State Road 23 is a highway in the north-central part of the
U.S. state
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of
Indiana
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. In practice it runs from the southwest to the northeast, though it is designated as a north–south route.
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It is an undivided surface road.
Route description
Indiana State Road 23 (SR 23) begins about east of the northeastern shore of Bass Lake in
Starke County at the intersection of
State Road 10 and County Road 900E. From there, it heads north toward
Grovertown, where it intersects
US 30
U.S. Route 30 or U.S. Highway 30 (US 30) is an east–west main route in the system of the United States Numbered Highways, with the highway traveling across the northern tier of the country. With a length of , it is the third longest ...
. SR 23 continues north until
Walkerton in the extreme southwestern corner of
St. Joseph County, where it meets
US 6
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. After a very brief concurrency with that route, SR 23 departs town to the north, then quickly turns northeast toward
South Bend
South Bend is a city in and the county seat of St. Joseph County, Indiana, on the St. Joseph River near its southernmost bend, from which it derives its name. As of the 2020 census, the city had a total of 103,453 residents and is the fourt ...
, passing through
North Liberty. As it enters the South Bend
metropolitan area
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, SR 23 has an
interchange with
US 20
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/
US 31
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(the
St. Joseph Valley Parkway). It then traverses the city of South Bend from southwest to northeast, passing very near the campus of the
University of Notre Dame
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. After crossing under the
Indiana East-West Toll Road (I-80/I-90) without providing any access, SR 23 parallels that tollway briefly before reaching an intersection with
SR 331, which does provide access to the Toll Road (at its Exit 83). From there SR 23 proceeds northeast into the town of
Granger
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before it curves due north to reach the Michigan state line.
History
Prior to 1926, the SR 23 designation went from SR 13, north of Pennville, to SR 21, north of Portland.
[ ] When the Indiana State Highway Commission renumbered most of the state roads in 1926 the SR 23 designation went unused at the time.
[ ] It wasn’t until late 1930 when the SR 23 designation was used again along its modern routing between US 30, in Grovertown and M-62 at the Michigan state line.
This segment of roadway becomes a high type of driving surface between 1939 and 1941.
The road was extended south from US 30 to SR 10 in either 1950 or 1951.
This section of roadway was paved between 1963 and 1964.
Major intersections
References
External links
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Transportation in South Bend, Indiana
Transportation in St. Joseph County, Indiana
Transportation in Starke County, Indiana